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Here are 11 orthopedic surgeons who received honors or promotions within the last month.

Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology's department of athletics, physical education and recreation received a $2.5 million gift that will be used to endow the department's director of sports medicine position, according to MIT News.

The FDA has approved Boston-based SyncThink's concussion device EYE-SYNC, according to MedCity News.

A $1 million pledge to the Children's Hospital Foundation in Kentucky will establish a diabetes sports medicine program for monitoring and educating children in the Louisville, Ky., area who have type 1 diabetes, according to the Courier-Journal.

Steve Shin, MD, performed hand surgery on Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul, according to an LA Times report.

A Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study involving St. Xavier High School and Archbishop Moeller High School, both in Cincinnati, tested a special investigational collar that may reduce the number of concussions in contact sports, according to WCPO 9.

Simon Kemp, MD, will complete his duties as the England national rugby union team's physician at the end of the summer tour, according to ESPN.

Oklahoma City-based OU Medical Center physicians are partaking in the Oklahoma Blaze and will play against the Oklahoma Adaptive Sports Association's wheelchair basketball team, according to News OK.

James Andrews, MD, will perform Tommy John surgery on New York Yankees right-handed pitcher Branden Pinder, according to a Sports Media 101 report.

Keith Meister, MD, performed elbow surgery on Texas Rangers reliever Keone Kela, according to an ESPN report.